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Foreign body in the rectum: A challenge for the emergency physician.

Authors :
Gajjar RA
Gupta PB
Source :
Journal of family medicine and primary care [J Family Med Prim Care] 2016 Apr-Jun; Vol. 5 (2), pp. 495-497.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Foreign body (FB) within the rectum occurs infrequently and its management is challenging for the emergency physicians due to variation in type of objects, host anatomy, time of insertion, and amount of local contamination. Usually, the presentation is late after multiple unsuccessful attempts for the removal of the FB by patients themselves at home. We report a 50-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with an FB in the rectum (iron rod) introduced as sexual perversion. The patient was managed conservatively and transanal retrieval of FB was carried out successfully. We reviewed the management options from the currently available literature.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2249-4863
Volume :
5
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of family medicine and primary care
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
27843875
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.192381